Mister Goblin | Mister Goblin of the seafarers' sea

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by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914)

Translation © by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947)

Klabautermann

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Klabautermann,
Klabauterfrau,
Klabauterkind
im Schiffe sind.

Die Küchenfei
erblickt die drei.
Sie schreit: 'Oh, Graus,
das Stück ist aus!'

Den Pudel Pax -
den Kaufmann Sachs -
sie alle frißt
der Meerschoßdachs.

Klabautermann,
Klabauterfrau,
Klabauterkind
woanders sind.

Text Authorship:

by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914), "Klabautermann" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Klabautermann", 2009 [ high voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Friedrich Martin Adalbert Kayssler (1874 - 1945), "Klabautermann" [sung text not yet checked]
by Ernest Vietor (flourished 1905-1930), "Klabautermann", op. 8 no. 7 (1930-1) [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Gary Bachlund) , "Mister Goblin", rhymed paraphrase, copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2004-07-11
Line count: 16
Word count: 35

Mister Goblin

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Mister Goblin of the seafarers' sea,
And his seafaring wife quite possibly,
With their goblin baby on her watery knee
Do sail upon some saltwater sea.

The ship's cook, called Cookie,
Spies one, then all of the three.
She cries, "Oh horror, Oh my! Oh me!
The thing, it is out, and the thing, it is free!"

The poodle Pax --
The merchant Sachs --
A gorging storm attacks,
Sinking sailors, bales and sacks.

Mister Goblin of the seafarers' sea,
And his seafaring wife quite possibly,
With their goblin baby on her watery knee
Are far, far away, and sailing free.

Text Authorship:

by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Mister Goblin", rhymed paraphrase, copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914), "Klabautermann"
- Go to the text page.

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2010-02-02
Line count: 16
Word count: 99